Elie Ziadé, 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
This is the central theme of this 20-minute visual investigation produced by Ici Beyrouth and This Is Beirut. The film combines archival footage, expert analysis and excerpts from speeches to explore the rise, power and fragility of a regime built on faith, weapons and fear. Three Voices to Understand Iran The documentary features three ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 07/10 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah entered the support war against Israel alongside Hamas, which had launched the Al-Aqsa Flood operation the day before. At the time, Hezbollah was at the peak of its military strength, accumulated over decades, and many expected it to advance into Israel’s Galilee region. Hezbollah’s support front ended on ...
This is Beirut, 07/10 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A Hezbollah member was killed and a Syrian national wounded on Tuesday morning when an Israeli drone targeted a car traveling between Deir Aames and Siddiqin in the Tyre district, southern Lebanon. Shortly after, another Israeli strike on an excavator in the town of Yater killed one person. Israeli Army spokesperson Avichay Adraee confirmed that ...
Elie Ziadé, 07/10 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Two years after Hezbollah launched its so-called “support front for Gaza,” Ici Beyrouth and This Is Beirut release an exclusive 20-minute documentary titled “Iran: The Fall of the Mullahs?” on Wednesday, October 8. Produced by senior reporter Elie Ziadé, with Abd Farchoukh in charge of visual design, editing, and ...
This is Beirut, 07/10 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli drone targeted a car on Tuesday morning on the road connecting Deir Aames and Seddiqine, in the Tyre district. A Hezbollah member was killed in the strike, while a Syrian national was injured, according to information from the Ministry of Health. According to the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, Mahmoud ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 07/10 10:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
A US Treasury delegation has begun a series of meetings in Beirut with the Central Bank, several commercial banks, and government officials. The mission’s goal is straightforward: to assess how effectively sanctions meant to curb Hezbollah’s financing are being enforced on the ground. This timing of the visit is significant. On September ...
Rayan Chami, 06/10 20:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Council of Ministers decided on Monday to approve the army’s comprehensive plan to place all weapons under state control, while suspending the license of the Resalat association, a group affiliated with Hezbollah. The decision came during a session chaired by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at Baabda Palace to discuss a ...
Rayan Chami, 06/10 15:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Army is set to present its first report to the government today, Monday, October 6, as part of its action plan to disarm Hezbollah.
Samar El-Kadi, 06/10 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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“Shia, Shia, Shia,” the cri de guerre of Hezbollah’s partisans for mobilizing and rallying the Shia community in a country that is religiously, culturally, and politically diverse, is a blatant demonstration of communal allegiance over national belonging. Lebanon is one of the world’s most divided countries. Its diversity has complicated ...
Charles Chartouni, 06/10 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The peace plan submitted by President Trump is a major breakthrough after two years of open-ended cycles of violence in Gaza. Welcomed by Europeans, the Palestinian authority, Arab states, Russia, and China, it can definitely serve as a platform for a negotiated end of war. It could be a major diplomatic feat to end the unspeakable humanitarian ...
Michel Touma, 06/10 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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It relentlessly edges toward the peak of destructive behavior, pushing ever closer to its darkest extremes. Hezbollah’s leadership—loyal to directives from its Iranian patron—offers daily, tangible proof of the malicious strategy it pursues without any regard for law or principle in Lebanon: a strategy aimed at dismantling the state and ...
Amine Jules Iskandar, 05/10 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
While all eyes are fixed on Hezbollah – the force that has dismantled the state, battered the country and decimated its people – another tumor is advancing quietly but steadily. It watches for openings, for posts waiting to be filled, for the countless assets available for acquisition, and the institutions ready to be dominated. Nothing could ...